About The North

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Near Western Islands

(Maluligal Nation)

Torres Strait's Near Western islands lie south of the Strait's midway point and are primarily high granite hills with basaltic outcrops formed from old peaks of the now-submerged land bridge between Australia and New Guinea,

• Badu (Mulgrave Island)

• Mabuaig (Jervis Island)

• Moa Island – Kubin and St Pauls communities

• Pulu

• Naghir (a.k.a Nagi; Mount Ernest Island)